Newspaper-vending machine.



F. W. TURNEY.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.27. |916.

After-n ey F. W. TURNEY.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPucATIoN man 1AN.27.1916.

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Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

F. W. TURNEY.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.21.1916.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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FREDEBXCK W. TURNEY, 0F BALLSTON LAKE, NEW YORK.

NEWSPAPER-VENDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1913.

Application led January 27, 1916. lSerial No. 74,546.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that l, FREDERICK W. TUR- NEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ballston Lake, county of Saratoga, and State of New`York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inNewspaper-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to y similar parts in the several figurestherein.

The invention relates to machines for delivering, one by one from amagazine, newspapers, periodicals, or the like, and is particularlyadapted for machines of this character having hand-actuatedejectingmechanism operating through the medium of coins deposited in themachine.

Certain objects of the invention are to facilitate the delivery, one byone, of the contents of the magazine; to prevent abstractionv of thecontents of the magazine without prepayment therefor; to prevent thedelivery of more than a single one of the contents of the magazine at asingle operation of the coin-controlled ejecting mechanism; to preventthe delivery of an article from the magazine except upon the completionvof the coin-releasing movement of the ejecting mechanism; and to adaptthe ejectl ing mechanism for operation through the medium of a singlecoin, or a plurality of coins, as may be desired from time to time.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in front elevation of anewspaper-vending machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the inner open side of the housing forthe ejecting mechanism and its contents, removed from the magazine.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section taken on the broken line 4-4 in Fig.3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing merely the housing and partspermanently fixed thereupon.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section taken on the broken line 6-6 in Fig.5.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3, with certain of the parts brokenaway, and certain other parts removed.

Fig. 8 is a horizontalcross-section taken on the broken line in Fig. 3,indicated by arrows 8-8, viewed in the direction of said arrows.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sec-,tion taken on the same broken line in Fig.3, viewed in the direction of the arrows 9 9.

Fig. 10 is a view in front elevation of the machine partly broken awayand with the housing for the ejecting mechanism and its contentsremoved.

Fig. l1 is a horizontal section of the same taken on the broken line11-11 in Fig. 10.

Fig. l2 is a vertical section of the same taken on the broken line 12-12in Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a central vertical cross-section of the machine taken on thebroken line 13 13 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 14 is a vertical cross-section of the machine taken on the brokenline 14-14 in Fig. 12. n

Fig. 15 is a horizontal section of the machine taken through themagazine of the machine on the broken line 15-15 in Fig. 13.

Fig. 16 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 16-16inFig. 13.

Fig. 17 is a sectional View similar to Fig. 13, showing a mdification ofthe invention.

Fig. 18 is a similar view showing the handle at approximately the limitof its downward movement.

Fig. 19 is a vertical cross-section of the front lower corner-portion ofthe machine.

Fig. 20 is a horizontal cross-section taken on the broken line 20-20 inFig. 17, with the outer slide-plate omitted.

y Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1 is an inclosure or magazine adapted to containl the foldednewspapers or the like, 70, for the vending of which the machine isadapted.

The magazine is provided with a bottom outlet-slot, 2, of a. widthadapted for the freepassage therethrough of a folded newspaper or thelike ofthe greatest thickness for which the machine is adapted, whichslot is adjacent to the front side-wall, 3, of the magazine.

The bottom, 4, of the magazine is inclined downwardly toward theoutlet-slot, 2, and the folded papers are arranged in upright positionwithin the magazine with their folded edges resting upon said inclinedbottom. v

To facilitate thus supporting the papers and cause them to slide downalong the inclined bottom toward the outlet-slot, a movj that the foldedpaper next to the front sidewall of the magazine will not pass down intothe slot, except when forced by the use of suitable ejecting mechanism.

This vroller is mounted upon a frame, 10, reciprocatory, in bearings inthe lugs, 11, depending from the magazine, toward and from-theoutlet-slot, said frame having a housing, 12, overhanging substantiallyhalf of the roller on the side remote from the front side-wall, 3, ofthe magazine, permitting contact of the folded edge of the papers withonly the side of the roller adjacent to the slot.

r1`he roller-frame is yieldingly forced .toward the slot by means of acoil-spring, 13, and its spring-induced movement toward the slot islimited by the engagement with the front lug, 11, of an adjustable stopin the form of a. wheel, 14, iitting a screw-threaded portion of theroller-frame.

The distance which the roller projects into the outlet-slot can thus beregulated from time to time in accordance with the thickness of thefolded papers to be delivered by the machine; and for the convenience ofthe person who makes the adjustment, the roller-frame may have iXedthereon an index, 15, movable with the frame along a graduated scale onthe bottom of the magazine, the divisions of which scale are marked withthe number of newspapersheets or thicknesses which they respectivelyindicate, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12.

The inclined bottom of the magazine is provided with an aperture, 16,through which the wheel, 14, `is accessible for adjustment; and at thispoint, tthe folded edges of the papers are held slightly above theinclined bottom by means of a plate or strip, 17, which prevents thepapers from catching on the adjusting wheel, 14, or the index, 15.

The front side-wall, 3, of the magazine is provided with vertical slots,18, through which parts of the ejecting mechanism extend into engagementwith the paper next to said side-wall.

As shown in the drawings, such paperengaging means are in the form ofspurs, 19, inclined downwardly toward the outletslot, which spursproject from a verticallyreciprocatory frame comprising a slide-plate,20, vertically-reciprocatory in an inclosed slideway, 21, and having onits lower end a cross-head, 22, terminating in vertical arms, 23,opposite the respective slots, 18, from which arms the spurs projectthrough the respective slots.

Coil-springs, 24, tend to yieldingly sup-l port the spring-carryingframe in elevated position.l

The slideway, 21, for the slide-plate, 20, is formed upon a housingwhich is preferably mounted upon the outer side of the front'side-wall,3, by screws inserted from within the magazine, whereby it is removableonly by access to the magazine.

This housing is provided with a vertical slot, 26, parallel with theslideway; and the slide-plate, 20, and the cover-plate, 27, for theslideway are provided with slots respectively, 28 and 29, registeringwith the slot, 26, which registering slots are adapted to freely receiveand permit vertical play of a spindle, 30, projecting inwardly from avertically-reciprocatory slide-plate, 31, movable along the louter sideof the slotted wall of the housing, 25.

The inner end of the spindle, 30, is screwthreaded to receive a nut, 32,which holds a washer, 33, closely in sliding engagement with thecover-plate, 27, for the slideway.

A handle, 34, is fixed upon the slide-plate, 31, to serve as a means forforcing said slideplate. andthe spindle, 30, downwardly, a coil-spring,35, serving to restore them to, and yieldingly hold them in, elevatedposition.

The housing, 25, is provided with an opening, 36, intersected by theslot, 26, adapted to register with a similar opening, 37, in the outerslide-plate, 31, when the later is in raised position, said openingsbeing of a size and shape to permit passage therethrough of an ordinarycoin; and the slideplate, 20, of the spur-carrying frame is providedwith a recess or opening, 38, intersected by its slot, 28adapted whensaid plate is in elevated position to receive a coin inserted throughthe slots, 36 and 37.

Adjacent to the vertical slot, 26, the housing, 25, has formed upon itsinner surface a vertical series of downwardly-facing ratchet-teeth, 39,and the under-side of the spindle, 30, is formed with a beveled surface,40, adapted to engage the top edge of an inserted coin, when forceddownward thereagainst, so as to tilt said coin against said toothedsurface.

The downward movement of the handle, 34, and spindle, 30, is transmittedto the spur-carrying frame through the medium of the inserted coin, 41,which bears upon the bottom of the recess or opening, 38.

The coin is prevented from escape through said opening by thecover-plate, 27, for the Lamme slideway, which cover-plate terminates oris cut away, as at, 47, at the point reached by the coin at the limit ofthe downward movement of the ejecting-mechanism to thereat permit thecoin to escape.

The downward movement of the ejecting-mechanism having been thus startedthrough the medium of an inserted coin, must be completed so that thecoin escapes or is expelled before the spur-carrying frame can berestored to its elevated position, due to the engagement of the coinwith the ratchet-teeth, 39.

The downward movement imparted to the spur-carrying frame by the handle,34, through the medium of the inserted coin, causes the paper, which isneXt to the front side-wall, 3, of the magazine, to bey slightlypenetrated by the spurs, 19, and thereby forced downward past theroller, 7, through the bottom outlet-slot, 2.

To prevent abstraction of the papers through the bottom outlet-slotwithout operation of the machine through the medium of thecoin-controlled mechanism, I have provided movable stops extendingacross said slot in the form of a pair of sleeves, 42, slidably mountedupon respective posts, 43, and yieldingly forced toward the slot by therespective coil-springs, 44.

Each of the sleeves, 42, has a wedge-plate, 45, adapted to be engaged bya wedge, 46, carried by the cross-head, 22, near the end of the downwardmovement of the spurcarrying frame, whereby said stop-sleeves areautomatically withdrawn from the outlet-slot at substantially the timewhen the bottom folded-edge of the paper is brought opposite thereto,thus removing their opposition or obstruction to the spur-inducedmovement of the paper.

The coin which escapes from the slideplate, 20, after operating thesame, falls into a coin-receptacle formed by a channelplate, 50, havingvertical edge-flanges which make Contact with the outer side of thefront side-wall, 3, to form an inclosure having a downwardlyremovable-bottom, 51, which is also a removable section of the bottomAwall of the housing 25.

rilhe ends of this removable section of the bottom wall are formed tomake underlying beveled engagement with the neighboring portions ofhousing, and are removably held in such engagement to close the bottomof the coin-receptacle by means of a screw- 'ihreaded rod, 52, connectedwith said bottom section and passing through a lug. 53, on the frontside-wall, 3, and a thumbnut, 54, fitting the screw-threaded end of saidrod.

The front wail, 3, of the magazine is provided with an aperture, 55,just above the lug, 53, permitting access to the thumb-nut from withinthe magazine.,

The magazine has a removable cover, 56, secured by one or more locks,57.

The operation of the machine is as follows:

The cover is unlocked and removed and the weighted plate, 5,is slidupward along the inclined slideways, 49, and the folded papers aredeposited in the magazine in upright position with their folded edgesresting on the inclined bottom and the plate or strip, 17.

The plate, 5, is then released to bear against the rearmost paper.

It will be understood that before the papers are deposited in themagazine, the roller-frame will be adjusted by means of the wheel, 14,to adjust the roller, 7, in accordance with the thickness of the papersas indicated by the index, 15, with reference to the adjacent graduatedscale.

If the machine has been previously used, the coin-receptacle may beemptied while the magazine is open by unscrewing the thumb-nut, 54,permitting the rod, 52, to be lowered suiiiciently to open the bottom,51, and let the coins fall out or be removed.

After the bottom of the coin-receptacle has been closed by tighteningthe thumbnut, 54, and the papers have been deposited in the magazine inthe manner above described, the cover is replaced and locked and themagazine is ready for use.

A person desiring to purchase one of the magazine-contained papers,inserts a coin of the proper amount through the coinopenings, 36 and 37,causing the coin to enter the coin-opening, 33, in the slide-plate, 20,he then forces the handle, 34, downward as far as possible therebyforcing the slideplate downward and causing the spurs, 19, to engage thepaper which is next to the front side-wall, 3, and force the same downinto the outlet-slot, 2.

As the bottom folded-edge of the paper reaches a point opposite thestop-sleeves, 42, the latter are automatically withdrawn from the slot`and from the path of the paper by engagement of the wedges, 46, withthe respective wedge-plates, 45, on the sleeves.

At the limit of the downward movement of the ejecting mechanism, thecoin escapes from the slide-plate at the cut-away pertion, 47, of thecover, 27, for the slidevvay, and falls into the coin-receptacle,whereupon the spur-carrying mechanism is restored to its raised positionby the coilsprings, 24, thereby withdrawingl the wedges, 46, andreleasing the stop-sleeves, 42, to the influence of their respectivesprings.

By the time the stop-sleeves are thus released, however, the lowerportion of the paper in the outlet-slot will have been forced down belowthe path of the sleeves so that they cannot immediately enter the slot,but

l passes will be held by their springs against the side of the paperuntil the` latter has been fully on the handle-spindle with the topofthe coin will cause the top of the coin to be tipped into engagementwith the ratchetteeth, 39, after which engagement the slideplate whichcarries the spurs cannot be returned to its raised position until itsdownward movement has been fully completed to releasev the coin,although the handle may be inetfectively moved up and down less than itsfull movement.

As thus far described, the machine is adapted for operating through themedium of a single com.

In cases where the price of the paper does not express the value of anysingle coin, means may be provided for actuating the machine through themedium of 'a plurality of coins whereby the price of the paper lcan bemade up.

In Figs. 17, 18 and 20, I have shown a modification of the abovedescribed machine whereby it is adapted to be thus actuated throughV'the joint medium of two inserted coins. Y

I interpose between the slide-plate, 20, which carries the spurs and thecover-plate, 27,1of the slide-way for saidslide-plate, an

auxiliary-plate or plates, 58, one for eachV additional coin for the useof which the machine is to be adapted.

Each of said auxiliary plates is provided with a vertical slot, 59, forthe spindle, 30, and with a coin-opening, 60, adapted to receive a coininserted through the coinopenings, 36 and 37, and is yieldingly held inraised position by a coil-spring 61.

In Figs. 17, 18 and 20, I have ,shown the machine adapted for joint useof two coins.

The first coin inserted, 62,- will pass into the coin-opening, 60, in'theauxiliary plate, 58, without, however, rendering the machineolperative, because if the handle is then pushed down before a secondcoin is inserted, the spindle, 30, will, by engagement with saidinserted coin, merely force down the auxiliary plate, 58, without movingthe spur-actuating plate, 20.

When a second coin, 63, is inserted, it

into the coin-opening, 38, in the slideplate, 20, and is retainedtherein by engagement with thc coin, 62, previously inserted in thecoin-opening in the plate, 58.

Downward movement of the handle will thus cause both the slide-plate,20, and the auxiliary-plate, 58, to be forced downward to operate themachine in the manner above described.

rIhe construction just described can be readily adapted to be operatedwith a single coin, if desired, by fastening the auxiliaryplate, 58,securely to the slide-plate, 20, as by one or more screws, 65, causingthe two plates to act as a unit.

The front of the magazine may be provided with a glass-closed opening,64, through which the contents of the magazine can be seen, and exposingto view the name of the contained papers, if properly faced toward thefront.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In amachine of the class described, and in combination, a magazine providedwith `an outlet-chute and having a wall on one side of said chute;ejecting-mechanism having a member movable toward said chute andengageable with the contents @f the magazine adjacent to said wall; anda roller mounted opposite said wall and said ejecting-mechanism at themouth of said chute cooperative with said wall to normally supportwithin'the magazine an article adjacent to said wall, said rollerpermitting the article to be forced by the ejecting-mechanism into saidchute.

2. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided with a `downwardly extending chute, and hava ing a wall on oneside of said chute; ejecting-mechanism having a member movable towardsaid chute; and a 'roller resiliently mounted opposite said wall andsaid ejecting-mechanism at the mouth of said chute cooperative with saidwall to normally support a magazine-contained article adjacent to saidwall.

3. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided witha bottom outlet-slot, and an opening in the wall on oneside of said slot, and having a side-wall on the opposite side of saidslot,

and a bottom downwardly inclined toward said slot; a roller; a movableframe whereby said roller is mounted in said opening; ay spring tendingto force said frame toward sa'id slot; adjustable means for limiting thespring-induced movement of said frame; and ej eating-mechanism havingmembers engageable with the contents of the magazine adj acent to saidside-wall.

4. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided with a bottom outlet-slot, and an opening in the wall on oneside of said slot, and having a side-wall on the opposite side of saidslot, and a bottom downwardlyinclined toward said slot;ejecting-mechamsm; a roller; a

movable frame whereby said roller is mounted in said opening in theslot-wall to project more or less into the slot; a s ring tendlng toforce said frame toward t e slot; adjustable means for limiting thespring-induced movement of said frame; a graduated scale on a fixed partof the magazine; and an 1index carried by said frame along said sca e.

5. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided with a slot; ejecting-mechanism having a member reciprocatorytoward and from said slot; spurs on said reciprocatory member engageablewith the contents of the magazine a movable stop extending across saidslot; and wedgewise-engaging members one on said stop and the othercarried by said reciprocatory member whereby said stop is automaticallywithdrawn from the slot near the end of the movement of saidreciprocatory member toward the slot.

6. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided with a bottom-slot adjacent to one of its side-walls and withvertical slots in said side-wall; a hand-actuatedvertically-reciprocatory lmember mounted outside of said magazine andhaving spurs projecting through said vertical slots into the magazine; amovable sto extending across said bottom-slot; an wedgewise-engagingmembers one on said stop and the other carried by said reciprocatorymember whereby said stop is automatically withdrawn from the slot nearthev end of the downward movement of said hand-actuated member.

7. In a machine of the class described, and in combination, a magazineprovided with a bottom outlet-slot, and an opening in the wall on oneside of said slot, and having a side-wall on the opposite side of saidslot; ejecting.- mechanism; a roller yieldingly mounted in said openingin the slot-wall; and a housing overhanging substantially half of saidroller remote from said sidewall, said roller coperating with saidsidewall to normally support an article in the magazine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day ofJanuary, 1916.

FREDERICK W. TURNEY.

Witnesses:

J. I. SALISBURY, ANTHONY KLEIN.

